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Amy Shields Dobson

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Lecturer in Digital and Social Media, Curtin University

Dr Amy Shields Dobson (they/them) convenes the Digital and Social Media program at Curtin University, on Whadjuk Boodjar. They are an expert across gender politics, youth, and social media. They lead the Digital Intimacies research stream within Curtin’s Centre for Culture and Technology, and are a Humanities Gender Research Champion for Curtin’s Gender Research Network. Amy has published widely on youth sexting, gendered representations in contemporary popular media and digital cultures, and contemporary feminine subjectivities. They are the author of Postfeminist Digital Cultures (2015), and editor of Digital Intimate Publics and Social Media with Nicholas Carah and Brady Robards (2018). Amy’s current ARC and other competitively funded research projects included work on young people’s responses to #MeToo and gender violence awareness; facial editing apps, body image, and selfies in youth cultures; and below-the-line youth-targeted alcohol and nightlife advertising via social media.

Experience

  • 2017–present
    Lecturer, Curtin University

Education

  • 2010 
    Monash University, PhD

Grants and Contracts

  • 2022
    Understanding selfie-editing apps in youth visual digital cultures
    Role:
    CI
    Funding Source:
    Australian Research Council
  • 2021
    Young Australians and the promotion of alcohol on social media
    Role:
    CI
    Funding Source:
    Australian Research Council
  • 2020
    #MeToo; A Cultural Shift? Young New Zealanders' Exposure and Responses to Sexual Harassment Media
    Role:
    PI
    Funding Source:
    Royal Society of New Zealand Marsden Fund
  • 2013
    Elucidating the increasing demand for genital cosmetic surgery among girls and women in Australia
    Role:
    CI
    Funding Source:
    Australian Research Council